Complex identities and social pressures faced by Korean immigrants are examined in thrilling ways in Jinwoo Park’s existential thriller "Oxford Soju Club". Doha is a North Korean spy whose mysterious death yields a cryptic puzzle piece... Read More

A murder investigation and corporate intrigue tie into meditations on the fragility of justice in the thought-provoking thriller "Cross Examination". Efforts toward justice clash with corporate conspiracies in James E. Carroll’s... Read More

Cary Gitter’s "Cammy Sitting Shiva" is a poignant, often humorous novel about learning through loss. Cammy is trying to figure out her life. Her playwriting class is the last in a string of courses intended to further her stymied... Read More

This heartfelt picture book is a primer on recycling with a lesson on passing along items we no longer need. Teddy accompanies his father on a trip to the dump to sort their recyclables, watch the bulldozers and trash compactors, and... Read More

Delicate and detailed colored pencil illustrations enrich this meditative picture book that encourages appreciation of, and responsibility toward, nature. A child canoes down a jungle stream; shadowy deer trek through a misty forest.... Read More

Equal parts cozy and spooky, this autumnal picture book demonstrates the importance of openness among friends—and the monstrous consequences of hidden resentments. When the weather turns cold and the crowds abandon the headlands, Fox... Read More

In early thirteenth-century Japan, calligrapher Fujiwara no Teika chose one hundred poems of solitude, nature, aging, loneliness, beauty, and desire from one hundred poets of the previous five centuries—Hyakunin Isshu—a collection... Read More

Arie Kaplan’s bright, jargon-free volume of global folklore blends anthropology, pop culture, and a pinch of irreverence. Asserting that superstition is a universal language, the book explores themes including birth, death, and romance... Read More